4/28/09

I'm not the biggest fan of white chocolate, but I did change my mind on this creation. This was good, really good. I had a small bite and then made sure to send it away to friends as I knew I would eat all of it. It's that type of candy that you have a piece, vow to have one more piece, then seal it up, then end up going back for a third, fourth and so on.

Are there a lot of people out there that like white chocolate? I know my hubby loves it. I love my high cacao chocolate--give me my fix! For the longest time I had been craving a pineapple & coconut type bark, every since spring came about actually. But mixing the pineapple and coconut with the dark or even milk chocolate was ok, not my thing really. I gave the white chocolate a try. But trust me, I was hesitant because melting white chocolate is a pain in the ciuco! You really have to watch the chocolate because it goes from melted directly to dry and crusty. But if you have all your ingredients lined up and work fast it comes out okay.

So, was this good? Yes, it was really good. I love the sweetness of the pineapple and coconut mixed with the almost salty-like white chocolate. And I used a dried coconut to give the bark texture (not a sweetened coconut, but dried). Plus the salty macadamia nuts were crazy good with this. Did I forget to mention the salty macadamia nuts? My bad--yes there are macadamia nuts in here and they are salty gooooood.

about 16 oz of white chocolate melted (about one bag and a half bag)
1/2 cup more or less dried pineapple, chopped
1/2 cup more or less dried coconut (not the sweetened kind but the dried)
1/2 cup more or less rough chopped salted macadamia nuts

You can use as much or as little of the ingredients above as you like. Have all your ingredients (in separate bowls) at the ready because as soon as the white chocolate is melted you need to pour it onto a sheet pan and add your mix in's. Get a small jellyroll pan ready; either use a non-stick one or cover it with parchment paper. Melt white chocolate over double boiler. (I don't microwave my white chocolate, it's never ever melted right for me). Keep stirring until it's melted, then pour onto jellyroll pan, spread with nonstick spatula, then sprinkle on the pineapple and then the nuts, push them down a bit to make sure they sink in a bit to the melted chocolate, then top with the coconut. Put in freezer to harden, about 30 minutes. After it's hardened, then let it sit at room temp for a bit before breaking into pieces.

Dawn Dawn Dawn..your really annoying me..Dont you know I am trying to watch my weight???? I should learn not to look at your blog at night when I get the munchies!!!Give me chocolate..white, milk or ultra dark!!!

Dawn, this bark looks incredible! I love the coconut and pineapple combo. And ooooh, macadamia nuts, they're incredible. I have a bag of macadamia nuts that I keep frozen...have you ever had them frozen? Amazing! By the way, melting white chocolate is a SUPER pain, but I'm sooo going to take my chances to have this bark. I need it. Now.

i'm all too familiar with addictive candy like that, and i can already tell that this would fall into that category. i love each component together (and separately). if i can't go to a tropical place, i'll settle for pigging out on this. :)

holy cow such deliciousness!! have you tried green and black's white chocolate? that would change your mind about white chocolate :) i wish i hadn't found it so i'd stick to dark (at least it's got some healthy antioxidants!)

Oh wow, just thinking of this treats transports me somewhere tropical and sweet! they look great and must taste delicious. I think it's a good call to put pineapple in, since its mild tang would help compensate the richness of the chocolate. And, well, coconut... you can never go wrong with coconut!

ME! I'm a white chocolate fan! food snobs will look down on me because it's not "real" chocolate, but I love the milkiness of white choc! and this bark looks AMAZING with AWESOME combos! tropical bark!

I totally know what you mean by taking a piece, sealing it up and promising never to eat another piece. That's like me and Reese's PB cups. I'm not a crazy fan of white chocolate either, but I loved it in this christmas bark I tried a few years ago with candy canes.

When I was a kid, I loved white choc, but I think repeated eating of substandard (read: vanilla-flavored vegetable fat, YUCK) white "chocolate" has turned me off it in recent years. Now learned to read the label ;) That looks deeevine. I want some!

I am not much of a white chocolate fan but both my son and husband love it. I would definitely give this a try though with the pineapple and coconut. This might just be the recipe to convert me! Your creations are always a delight Dawn.

I'm with you... not the biggest fan of white choc., but I did a Halloween Bark last year that was made w/ white choc. and liked that. So maybe bark just works w/ it, who knows? Looks wonderful to me. I'd have been really happy to get it out of the house too!

Wow! This bark looks delicious! I've become a fan of your blog lately and this is the recipe that has made me want to comment. I want to rush right home and try it out. Thanks for sharing. Oh, and your photography skills are supreme.

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